Javier Armengau, defense attorney in Columbus and Marion, has been indicted on 18 charges, on Monday, May 20, 2013, including sexual battery, rape, kidnapping and gross sexual imposition.

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Additional charges have been filed against a local lawyer accused of gross sexual imposition.

Defense attorney Javier Armengau, 51, was charged with six counts of rape, five counts of sexual battery, three counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of kidnapping and one count of public indecency in an indictment returned Friday by a Franklin County grand jury.

Judge Kimberly Brown set a $25,000 appearance bond for Armengau, which included the initial $10,000 already paid for a previous hearing. The bond was paid Monday night. ...